Sec. 212. Authority to restrict passports
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The Secretary of State is authorized to— limit to one year or such period of time as the Secretary of State shall determine appropriate the period of validity of a passport issued to a sex offender; and revoke the passport or passport card of an individual who has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction in a foreign country of a sex offense. Notwithstanding subsection (a), in no case shall a United States citizen convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction in a foreign country of a sex offense be precluded from entering the United States due to a passport revocation under such subsection.
An individual whose passport or passport card was revoked pursuant to subsection (a)(2) may reapply for a passport or passport card at any time after such individual has returned to the United States. For purposes of this section: The term sex offender means an individual who is listed on the National Sex Offender Registry established pursuant to section 119 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( 42 U.S.C. 16915 ). The term sex offense means a sex offense as defined in section 111(5) of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( 42 U.S.C. 16915 ).
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